The imperial study in the Bianliang Imperial City.

Fu Bi said to the emperor: "Your Majesty, there are some things, the old minister still feels that there is something inappropriate, although Gan Daojian has made great contributions, but he can't arrange the appointment and dismissal of officials for the court like this." When it comes to the promotion and scheduling of court officials, there is a set of assessments and levels, and such a casual promotion is a violation of this set of rules of the imperial court, so as not to make others angry. Second, these people he arranged are all young people, which is even more inappropriate, young people have little experience, they are easy to get frizzy when encountering problems, and it is difficult to think deeply about the overall situation, and I am afraid that it will inevitably make mistakes in the future. ”

Zhao Shu nodded, and only said: "Fu Xiang's words are reasonable. ”

The emperor is so big, Fu Bi is still a little surprised, the reason why he came to admonish at this time is because the emperor has already done this, so he thought that he should fight on the basis of reason at this time, but he didn't expect the emperor to directly agree with his words.

"Your Majesty, what ...... Do you want to take back all the appointments and dismissals that have already gone out, and then think about it in the long run? Fu Bi asked.

Zhao Shu looked embarrassed: "It is a bit inappropriate to take back the appointment and dismissal that has been given out, and if the order is changed overnight, it will inevitably lose the royal majesty, the matter has come to this, let's do it first, and then talk about it after a while." ”

Although Zhao Shu followed Fu Bi's words, he didn't think so in his heart. As an emperor, he naturally has the emperor's own plans, once a son of heaven and a courtier, now that Zhao Shu has been on the throne for a long time, he has to consider his future administrative team.

To put it bluntly, Zhao Shu just wants a group of his own people, people who can command smoothly. Counting the current court, all of them are former ministers of Renzong, not that there is anything wrong with these people, but that these people have less respect for him, the emperor.

No matter what Zhao Shu says or does, he is tied, he doesn't even look like a referee, but like an athlete, no matter what he does, he has to look at the faces of those old men in the court.

The courtiers did not respect the emperor, which was a bad start for Renzong, but in the Renzong Dynasty, Renzong himself was supported by the courtiers of the Manchu Dynasty because of his morality.

As soon as Renzong left and Zhao Shu came to power, this problem was highlighted, and the things above the court were often not the courtiers to please the emperor, but the emperor to please those ministers.

This feeling is especially evident in the case of Ganchi. Gan Qi deserves a great reward for his great achievements. But in the matter of rewarding Gan Qi, Zhao Shu has suffered enough.

So Zhao Shu has selfish intentions, that is, he has to get some of his own people out, just like Renzong at that time, everyone has to be promoted by themselves, so that they can let go of their hands and feet, this change of power is not a year or two, so at this time, it is even more necessary to step up the time to do it, the sooner the better.

So when Gan Qi brought up so many lists, Zhao Shu agreed without thinking about it, because those people are all talents who have emerged in recent years, and Zhao Shu can see it. Therefore, Zhao Shu and Prime Minister Zeng Gongliang agreed with a wave of their hands.

So Fu Bi realized it later, turned his head and admonished.

"Your Majesty, the old minister still feels that it is so inappropriate, even if the order is changed overnight, he can't let Gan Daojian decide so many personnel appointments in the sixteen states of Yanyun with one word. Otherwise...... Otherwise, Gan Daojian is afraid that it will be easy to form a party for personal gain......" Fu Bi said the most serious words.

Zhao Shu also frowned when he heard this, but said again: "It's too early to talk about this, appoint a few local officials, and say anything about forming a party for personal gain." The rich minister is too worried. ”

Zhao Shu understands, but as he said, a few governors or something, it is still early to form a party for personal gain, when these people are in the imperial court, they are qualified to say anything about forming a party or not. That was at least ten years later, when Zhao Shu was confident that he could firmly control the court.

There is another point, that is, the names of those people proposed by Gan Qi are mostly top talents who have recently emerged, not to mention Su Shi Su Zhe's champions, just say that Li Ding Li is senior, that is also a great person, the commercial tax supervisor is well organized, the commercial tax in Bianliang City is growing year by year, and in terms of pragmatic errands, among the younger generation, Li Ding is one of the best, and it should be time for promotion and reuse.

There is nothing wrong with giving these people promotions.

Fu Bi spoke again: "Your Majesty, ...... minister"

"Fu Xianggong doesn't need to say much about this, and now Yanyun's overall stability is the most important, and it is also the time to employ people, Gan Qi is actively preparing for war in Yanyun, and it is understandable to use some familiar people, and there is no constraint on such scheduling. After Yanyun is stabilized, Fu Xiang can come back to talk about this matter, and then talk about it. Zhao Shu is now more and more confident, and after ascending the throne, he has made achievements, his waist is straight, and his speech is much harder. I don't want to think about this and that like before.

Fu Bi couldn't, so he couldn't talk anymore.

Zhao Shu asked again: "What does Fu Xiang think about the matter of King Pu?" ”

This time it was Zhao Shu's turn to be difficult, and for Fu Bi, this question was really difficult for him to answer. It's not okay to refuse the emperor in one bite, but if you really give Zhao Yun an emperor, that's not okay, if Fu Bi agrees to this, he will have to poke his backbone when he turns around.

The Manchu Dynasty was all the ministers of Renzong, and one by one they received the grace of Emperor Renzong, and gave Zhao Yun the title of emperor, but no one was willing to do it, even Fu Bi was unwilling in his heart.

Fu Bi was a sleek person, so he replied: "Your Majesty, the matter of King Pu is thought by the ministers and can be sealed." But the exact name of the seal remains to be discussed. ”

"What else can be sealed except the name of the emperor? I am the Son of Heaven, my biological father, how can I be a prince? Zhao Shu was also a little paranoid.

"This ...... I will wait for the old minister and my colleagues to discuss it for a long time, and then return to Your Majesty. "Fu Bi is going to be delayed.

Zhao Shu nodded, his heart was also a little uncomfortable, and he said negatively: "As long as Gan Daojian comes back, he will definitely support what I think." ”

Zhao Shu thought so and said.

But whether Gan Qi will really support Zhao Shu's idea, that's not necessarily. Gan Qi, from a certain point of view, is actually an old minister, and Gan Qi's gratitude to Renzong in his heart is not a few.

If it weren't for Renzong, a son of heaven who was different from other emperors, such as Gan Qi, and those things that Gan Qi did, the head would have no idea where it fell.

This is a later story, anyway, Zhao Shu now feels that Gan Qi will definitely support him.

Fu Bi frowned and said nothing, this big trouble is really a headache, not only Fu Bi has a headache, but even Zeng Gongliang has a headache.

Fu Bi's advice did not succeed, but caused himself a big trouble, and slipped away.

Zhao Shu was not happy, anyway, he felt that the people above the court did not listen to him, and they did not take him seriously as an emperor. Therefore, I became more and more determined to get a group of my own people into the court.

Fu Bi left, Zhao Shu started to work, the recital on the imperial case, picked up a copy and flipped through it, Sima Guang played, the content turned out to be the matter of Pu Yi, from benevolence and filial piety to etiquette and righteousness, anyway, I don't agree, I don't agree to die.

Zhao Shu didn't finish reading it and threw it aside. Flip through another book, Yushi Fan Chunren, and say Pu Yi.

Flip through another book, Yu Shi Lu Dafang, or Pu Yi.

Anyway, they don't agree to just take Zhao Yunrang to seal the name. Even if you have to take a step back in the future, then this name has to be said well, and you can't mess around.

Zhao Shu became more and more angry, and he was too lazy to work, so he went out directly.

The matter of Pu Yi is just delayed for the time being, and I will talk about it when Gan Qi comes back, and now Gan Qi is also a big man in the court, just waiting for this big help to come back.

At this time, Gan Qi had already begun to order troops, with 30,000 Wansheng troops, 15,000 mighty troops, 8,000 healthy horses, and 30,000 or 40,000 inferior horses, mules and donkeys for heavy use.

Before the army set off, Gan Qi also sent a letter to Luanzhou.

The letter of persuasion came to Ma Niu's hand, but after Ma Niu opened the letter with his own hands, he looked at it for a moment and said, "Come on, read it to me." ”

Yes, Ma Niu is not very literate, it's not that he doesn't know a word, it's just a letter, he really can't read it.

To say that there are no illiterate emperors in history, such as Zhu Yuanzhang, he has been illiterate since he was a child, but Zhu Yuanzhang has a great advantage, that is, he is willing to learn, since he did the work of uprising and rebellion, he began to learn literature, not only to learn literature, but also to learn a good calligraphy, but also to write poems and lyrics. The level of poetry is not very bad, there is a bit of literary skills, and there are many handed down.

But Ma Niu has been the emperor for a while, and he has been a cottage brother for a longer time, but he never thought that he would have to learn to learn, and now, he still can't read a letter, and his literacy level is still at the level of "one, two, three, four, five" and his name "Ma Niu".

"Your Majesty, the minister has read ......"

"Read, just read." Ma Niu is very confident.

"Ma Niu, as a grass people, you are a traitor, an illiterate person, and you dare to steal a high position as the emperor...... Today, my Great Song Privy Council envoy Gan Qi, on the order of the Great Song Dynasty Zhenlong Emperor, crusades against the ministers, and when the army arrives, if he does not offer the city to vote, he will teach you to die without a place to be buried...... If he knows the opportunity, he will be treated well with the land of the city......"

Ma Niu listened and looked at the audience, and then laughed: "Haha...... Laughing at people, I am reckless and reckless, the country was founded in troubled times, it is already a true dragon son of heaven, the Song people don't know what to say, but they dare to go against the sky, they will be punished by God! Under my command, there are more than 200,000 heavenly soldiers, and they will come to fight! ”

Ma Niu said, his eyes kept scanning everyone, he was obviously not as confident as he was in the performance, and he had a lot of worries in his heart, and what he was most afraid of was that there were people in front of him. After all, he knew all the things that Di Yong did before leaving.

If you want to say that there are no backbones among these people in front of you, you don't believe that Ma Niu is killed.

"Your Majesty will inevitably come from generation to generation, and my Dayan should also rise in the world."

"Your Majesty is the true dragon son of heaven, and he will rule the world in the future."

"Han Gaozu is just reckless, doesn't he still stand up for hundreds of years? My eldest brother must be a true son like Liu Bang! ”

……

The crowd is not only showing loyalty, but also cheering themselves up.

Ma Niu couldn't see which of these people in front of him was loyal and which was second-hearted, so he was even more anxious in his heart, and said: "Gather all the armies to Luanzhou, bring all the food and money from other cities, and win a decisive victory in Luanzhou!" ”

Ma Niu's arrangement was also carefully thought out, and it was also discussed with many people. This Great Yan Country does not have much land depth, and to fight a defensive war, instead of dividing troops to defend those small counties, it is better to win a decisive victory in this big city of Luanzhou, prepare enough food, and fight.

Another point is to guard against the two-hearted people, if they are scattered all over the city, today's surrender, tomorrow's surrender, it will not take a few days, and the army's spirit will be lost. It's better to get them all to Luanzhou City to watch, find one, and deal with one in time. As long as a few city gates are guarded by trusted people, it will also make those two-hearted people unable to turn up any storms.

It's a helpless move, but it's also the best way.

"Your Ministers obey!"

After Ma Niu arranged these things, he also gained a bit of momentum, and said: "Prepare an iron armor for me, and when the time comes, I should come to the city in person, live and die with my brothers, and advance and retreat together!" ”

This trick is learned from Di Yong.

"Your Majesty, do you want to reply to the letter?"

This reminded Ma Niu, and immediately said: "Yes, I should reply to a letter, let that Ganqi know who is the true son of heaven, teach him to abandon the darkness and turn to the light, and I will protect his wealth in the first life." ”

Gan Qi also received the letter, laughed when he saw it, and showed the letter to Di Yong.

Di Yong shook his head again and again: "Alas...... Big brother, I've done my best, but I'm still like this. ”

"That's it, this battle still has to be fought, but there are also benefits to fighting this battle, just train the troops, and the new army needs a victory." Gan Qi was ruthless.

After less than three days, the army was drawn out, 45,000 people, 45,000 iron armor, and even some people wore Liao horn iron helmets.

Two thousand four hundred heavy horses, five thousand light horses.

When the soldiers are under the city of Luanzhou, above the head of Luanzhou city, the flags are endless, the swallow character, the hemp character, the wind is waving, and the momentum is extraordinary.

On the contrary, Gan Qi's side does not have many flags, and it seems that he lacks some momentum.

The soldiers were busy setting up camp and burying pots to cook.

Gan Qi took Di Yong and a group of heavy horsemen and began to gallop around the city, taking a look at the surrounding terrain.

Luanzhou City, that is, Luan County in later generations, is adjacent to the Luan River in the east, and the terrain is relatively flat.

As soon as he saw the Luan River, Gan Qi had an idea to dig up the Luan River and release water to rush the city.

It's just that this idea didn't take long to give up, first, it was a dry period, and secondly, it hurt the heavens and the peace, there were still countless residents in Luanzhou City, and most of the troops under Ma Niu were coerced, so they were all drowned, and I couldn't bear it. After all, they are all compatriots.

Coming back from the city, Di Yong asked, "Big brother, is there a plan to break the city?" ”

"It's not advisable to storm it, but it's not good for people." Ganch, not a good person.

Di Yong frowned and said: "I have laid some foreshadowing in the city, but Ma Niu has already taken precautions against this matter, and now there is no news inside and outside, and I don't know how to plan." ”

Obviously, there is really Di Yong's internal response in the city, but now in this Luanzhou City, it is not easy for Neiying to do things. After all, the real internal response is only a few people, there are more than 200,000 troops crowded in the city, and a few city gates must also be the top priority.

Gan Qi said: "It doesn't matter if you have internal responses or not, the things you did in the past are enough for me to do that strategy." ”

"How is the eldest brother going to attack the heart?" Di Yong asked.